Cabinet for phonographic records



A. E. MICHAELSON. CABINET FOR FHQNOGRAPHIC RECORDS.

' APPLICATION F.ILED nov. 22. 19|9.

Patented Aug. 23, 1921.

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A. E. M|cHAELs0N. CABINET FOR PHONOGRAPHIC RECORDS.'

vAPPLICATION FILED NOV. 22, 1919.

Patented Aug. 23,1921.

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A. E. MICHAELSON.

CABINET FOR PHONGRAPHIC RECORDS.

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A/vfw E. M/c/masom /n venta/7 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CABINET FOR PHONOGRAPHIC RECORDS.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Allg. 23, 1921.

Application filed November 22, 1919. Serial No. 339,891.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, ANDREW E. MICHAEL- soN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Portland, in the county of Multnomah and State of Oregon, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cabinets for Phonographic Records, of which the f0llowing is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to cabinets as a class.

The object of my invention is to provide a cabinet or case wherein phonographic records of common type may be placed and there secured in a nranner whereby one record only may be removed or replaced at a time. This object, as well as other advantages, I attain by the construction, combination and arrangement of parts illustrated in the accompanying drawings which form a part hereof.

Figure I is a side elevation with parts in sectional view on the line I-I in Fig. II and a record carton in locked position.

Fig. II is a front view with part broken away and door removed.

Fig. III is a plan view with tcp removed.

Fig. IV is a side elevation partly in section on the line IV-IV in Fig. V and showing a record carton moved forward.

Fig. V is a front elevation.

Fig. VI is a side elevation of a record carton.

Fig. VII is a rear edge elevationkof the carton.

Fig. VIII is an enlarged side view of the notched catch plate on the carton.-

Fig. IX is an enlarged rear view of the selector mechanism secured upon the door.

Fig. X is-a side view of the same on the linel X-X in Fig. IX.

Fig. XI is a part horizontal sectional view on the line XI-XI in Fig. IX.

Like characters refer to like parts in the views.

A cabinet 12 of desired form and dimensions is provided. It has a vertical slot 12a in the upper part of its front end and a hinged door 12b with a panel opening 12c therein. Toward the rear, and at a desired height, a transverse bar 13 is rigidly secured in the cabinet. A triangular frame 14 is pivotally mounted in its upper rear portion upon the bar 13. The frame 14 has a transverse bar 15 in its lower angle and a like bar 16 in its upper forward angle. VUpon the upper surface of the bottom of the cabi-v net, stops 17 are placed in desiredvposition to engage the frame 14. In the forward, upper part of the cabinet a lever operating means 18 is transversely pivoted. It has a handle 19 extending outwardly through the slot 12a in the cabinet wall and two dependent arms 20 near its ends. Bars 21 are pivotally mounted at one end in the lower ends of the arms 20, their opposing ends being pivotally Amounted within the upper rear parts of the frame 14. Bars 22 are pivotally mounted at their upper ends in the lower ends of the arms 2O adjacent to the bars 21, and their lower opposing ends are pivotally mounted in the upper ends of bell rcrank levers 23 which are pivotally mounted in the side walls of the cabinet near the forward, lower part thereof. A transverse bar 24 is rigidly secured at its ends to the lower opposing ends of the levers 23. Springs 25 are secured at their lower ends to the lower. forward side walls of the cabinet, extend over the pivots of the levers 23,

and their opposing ends are secured to the lower ends of the levers 23 adjacent to thel ends of the bar 24.

A series of record deposit cartons 26 are provided. In its upper, rear part the carton 26 has a transverse, notched pivot bearing 27 arranged in a form whereby the carton may be adjusted to and pivotally mounted upon the frame bar 13 in said bearing.

The carton also has a transverse notch 28 in its lower part, a transverse shoulder 29 a short distance forwardly from the notch 28 and a transverse, outwardly inclined shoulder 30 in the central, forward edge of the carton. IAbout the upper forward edge of the carton a catch plate 31 is rigidly secured to the carton walls and has a transverse notch 32 therein. Wall retaining blocks 33 are secured between and to the carton walls in the rear part. A like block 34 with a curvedupper edge thereon is secured between and to the lower parts of the carton walls and has an opening through it in alinement with the notch 28. A coil spring 34'* is placed about the bar 13, one end of which spring engages the frame 14 and the opposite end engages the nearest carton and the spring tends to retain the cartons in serial, vertical positions. A like means 34b may also be placed upon the frame in a lower position. A phonographic record 35 is shown within a carton 26.

A* Upon the rear surface ofthe door 12b and at each side thereof, vertical rolls 36 are pivotally mounted at each of their ends. Upon the surface of the rear upper and lower parts of the door 12h, transverse guides 37 are rigidly secured. A vertical frame 38, having rollers 39 pivotally mounted in its upper'and lower ends, is arranged to travel horizontally along the guides 37. The frame 38 also has a vertical slot 38 and an operating handle 38b which extends through the door opening 12C. A bracket 40 of triangular form is rigidly secured upon the rear upper surface of the trame 38. It has slots 41 near its outer edges with desired vertically inclined curvature andV a sharper inclination thereof in the lower part. A selector 42 has transverse pins 43M43 extending from it through the bracket slot-s 41, in a manner whereby the selector may be slid along the bracket 40 tollowingthe direction of the slot 41. The selector 42 has a bracket 44 secured to it, having vertical guide arms 45 with transverse notches 46 therein, which arms engage the frame bar 16 in the notches 46when the door 12b is closed and the mechanism thereon brought into adjacent position. A right angled earton grip 46l is rigidlysecured upon the lower part of the selector 42, in alinement with the vertical center of the space between the guide arms 45. On each end of the pins 43 of the selector, arms 47-47, having a desired curvature, are pivotally mounted. The arms 47-47 havea transverse bar 48 se cured to their free ends. The bar 47 has an angled heel 49 and a toe 5 0. The bracket 40 has transverse pins 51-51 in desired positions on its side near the outer edgel adjacent to the arm 47 ,the pins 51 being shorter than the pins 51. Vertical curtains 52 of flexible material extend about the rollers 36, one end of a curtain being secured to the roller and the other end to the opposing side of the Vtrame 38 adjacent to its slot 38a.` On the lower part of the iframe 38 parallel, vertical `carton guides 53 are rigidly secured. vA means 54 is arranged between the rolls 36 and frame 38 to take up possible slack in the curtain.

It will now be seen that a desired number of cartons 26 may be pi'votally hung upon the frame pivot 13 and easily removed at will. A record 35 rbeing placed within a carton rests therein upon the block 34 as shown in Fig. I. The curtain 52 covers all cartons except the one visible through the slot in Athe frame 38. The frame 38 may now be moved horizontally along its guides with the curtain passing around the rolls. Should there be tendency to slack in the curtain during this movement, which might cause it to told and stop the trame, this .is overcome by the cords 54 which rotate the rolls and cause them to engage and draw the curtain in the .direction desired.k lVhen the :trame slot is opposite a desired carton the handle 19 is pressed downwardly and the lever means of the bars 20and 21 thereupon cause the frame 14 to more on its pivot bar 13. The bar 16, in rising, and being in engagement with the selector' 42 in thenotched bracket 44, causes the selectoryito move upwardly in the slotted bracket 40. upon the grip 46L moves forwardly and engages the carton 26 in its notch 32 and raises the selected carton onA itspivot, the carton being kept in alinement byV means ot the guides 53. The carton shoulder 29 immediately follows4 the 'trame bar 15 and moves with it. Y desired height it engages the bar 24 in its notch 28 and is held there. At the same time the outer end ot the curved arm 47 moves downwardly, the toe, 50 and under side oi' p the arm 47 beingin sliding engagement with the guide pin 51", Auntil the bar 48 engages the upper edge of the carton and the arm 47 is carried upwardly over the pin 51. The carton now extends outwardly through the door and its record extends outwardly as shown in Fig. IV, where it may be grasped and removed. The outwardly inclined shoulder 30 facilitates grasping of the record because et the form of the carton edge thus produced. Sliouldthe carton grip tail to engage a carton, the heel of the arm 47 engages the guide pin 51 as shown in dotted lines in Fig. X and prevents the selector There- When the carton is raised a `trom rising higher', and the bell crank lever l 23 from passing over its center and thereby locking the frame 14 in raised position. The handle 19 may then be raised to restore the mechanism to a position to repeat the operation bei-ore described. It will be observed that the sharp curvature of the slot 41 in its lower part causes the carton grip, in the upward passage ot the selector, to move torwardly into engagement with the carton.y

codes from engagement with the carton, thus supplying freedom oit movement for the trame 38 past the cartons. lhen a record is replaced in the carton, the record drops into engagement with the bar 24, then within the carton notch 28, and moves the bell crank lever and related lever mechanism in a manner whereby the trame 14 is Yreleased rom engagement with the bar 24,

and, when the. selector drops, the grip reiis drops on its pivot, and its bar 1 5 engages the cartonV on its shoulder 29 pressing the containing carton downwardly until the bar 15 engages the stop blocks 17, and the record is replaced in the cabinet as before described. The door may be locked in order to prevent any access to the records otherwise than as herein set out. When the door is opened the mechanism thereon is moved away from the carton supporting mechanism and cartons may then be hung in place 'or removed as desired. The curtain. feature upon the door tends to protect the interior of the cabinet against access of dust. It also prevents the removal or replacing of more than one record at a time. The cartons may have numerals placed upon their catch plates 31 to indicate indexed records contained therein.

I claim- 1. In a device of the character described, the combination of, a cabinet of desired form, a rigid transverse bar in a desired position in the cabinet, a triangular frame pivoted in its upper rear part on the bar, a series of cartons pivoted on the cabinet bar, said cartons being provided with notches in their lower parts, bell crank lever mechanism upon the interior, forward and lower part of the cabinet side walls, provided with a transverse bar, and a lever mechanism upon the interior forward upper side walls ofthe cabinet provided with a handle extending outwardly from the cabinet and intervening means connecting said lever mechanism with the bell crank lever mechanism and the said frame in a manner whereby the bar of the bell crank lever may engage a carton in itslower notch, when the said bar is moved forwardly beyond the bell crank center and the carton is moved upwardly, and to retain the carton in such raised position, also to release the carton when the bell crank bar is depressed and the bell crank moved reversely over its center.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination of, a cabinet of desired form provided with a door having a panel opening therein, a series of cartons pivotally mounted within the cabinet, having transverse notchesin their upper forward parts, a frame having a vertical slot therein and horizontally movable along the inner surface of the door on means there provided, a bracket secured upon said frame having therein slots near its outer edges of desired vertically inclined curvature and a sharper inclination thereof in the lower part, a selector slidably arranged in the slotted parts of the bracket, a carton grip rigidly secured upon the lower part of the selector, formed and arranged to engage a carton in its upper notch, when the selector is moved upwardly, and to raise the carton on its pivot during said movement, in a manner whereby the forward edge of the carton shall extend through the frame slot and panel opening of the door, and means upon the selector wherein the frame may engage and raise the selector.

3. In a device of the character described, the combination of, a cabinet of desired form provided with a door, a series of cartons pivotally mounted within the cabinet, having transverse notches in their upper forward parts, a frame having a vertical slot therein and horizontally movable along the inner surface of the door on means there provided, a bracket secured upon said frame, having therein slots near its outer edges of desired vertically inclined curvature and a sharper inclination thereof in the lower part, a selector slidably arranged in the slotted parts of the bracket on means provided, a carton grip rigidly secured upon the lower part of the selector, formed and arranged to engage a carton in its upper notch, when the selector is moved upwardly, and to raise the carton on its pivot during said movement, and curved arms pivoted on the upper slide means of the selector, their free ends being connected by a rigid bar, one of said arms having a toe arranged to slide over a guide pin on the bracket and thereby cause the transverse bar to be engaged by the carton and the arms to be raised with the selector to a desired height, said arm also having a heel opposite its toe, arranged to engage a stop pin on the bracket when the carton grip fails to engage a carton and thereby prevent the selector from being raised beyond a predetermined distance.

4. In a device of the character described, the combination of, a cabinet of desired form provided with a door having a panel opening therein, a series of cartons pivotally mounted within the cabinet, having transverse notches in their upper forward parts, a frame having a vertical slot therein and horizontally movable along the inner surface of the door on means there provided, a bracket secured upon said frame having therein slots near its outer edges of desired vertically inclined curvature and a sharper inclination thereof in the lower part, a selector slidably arranged in the slotted parts of the bracket, a carton grip rigidly secured upon the lower part of the selector, formed and arranged to engage a carton in its upper notch, when the selector is moved upwardly, and to raise the carton on its pivot during said movement, in a manner whereby the forward edge of the carton shall extend through the frame slot and panel opening of the door, means upon the selector wherein the triangular frame may engage and raise the selector, vertical rollers pivoted upon the inner sides of the door, and vertical curtains extending about the rollers, having one end secured to a roller and the opposite end to the opposing side of the frame adjacent to its slot.

5. In a device of the character described, the combination of, a cabinet of desired form provided with a door having a panel opening therein, a rigid transverse bar in a desired position in the cabinet, a series of cartons having bearings in their upper rear parts of a form to adapt the cartons to be dropped into adjusted pivotal position on the bar or lifted therefrom, said cartons having transverse notches in their lower parts and transverse notches in their forward Vupper parts, a triangular frame pivoted in its upper part on the carton pivot bar, lever' mechanism arranged on the forward inner VsideV walls of the cabinet and having inter- Y there provided, a bracket secured upon said frame having therein slots near its outer edges of desired vertically inclined curvature and a sharper inclination thereof in the lower part, a selector slidably arranged in the slotted parts of the bracket, and a carton grip rigidly secured upon the lower part of the selector, formed and arranged to engage a carton Vin its upper notch, when the selector is moved upwardly, and to raise the carton on its pivot during said movement, in a manner whereby the forward edge of the carton shall extend through the frame slot and panel opening of the door, and means upon the selector wherein the cartons in the triangular frame may engage and raise the selector.

6. In a device of the character described, the combination of, a cabinet of desired form provided with a door having a panel opening therein, a rigid transverse bar in a desired position in lthe cabinet, a series of cartons having bearings in their upper rear parts of a form to adapt the cartons to be dropped into adjusted pivotal position on the bar or lifted therefrom, said cartons having transverse notches in their lower parts and transverse notches in their forward upper parts, a triangular framerpivoted in its upper part on the carton pivot bar, lever mechanism arranged on the forward inner side walls of the cabinet and having intervening means connecting the same with said triangular frame and means thereon to engage and hold a carton in its lower slot when raisedand Vto release it when the said holding means is depressed, a frame having a vertical slot therein and horizontally movable along the inner surface of the door on means there provided, a bracket secured upon said frame having therein slots near its outer edges of desired vertically inclined curvature and a sharper inclination thereof in the lower part, a selector slidably arranged in the slotted parts of the bracket, and a carton grip rigidly secured upon the lower part of the selector,

formed and arranged to engage a carton in its upper notch, when the selector is moved upwardly, and to raise the carton onits pivot during said movement, in a manner whereby the forward edge of the carton shall extend through the frame slot and panel opening of the door, means upon the selector wherein the cartons in the triangular frame may 'engage and raise the selector, vertical rollers pivoted upon the inner sides of the door, and vertical curtains extending about the rollers, one end of a curtain being secured to a roller and its opposite end to the opposing side of the frame adjacent to its slot.

ANDREW E. MICHAELSON. Witnesses: Y

W. L. SoUDERs, 'DELLA SMITH VRIGHT. 

